Cranach
Americannoun
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Lucas the Elder, 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
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his son Lucas the Younger, 1515–86, German painter and graphic artist.
noun
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The 1529 painting Allegory of Law and Grace by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder illustrates Martin Luther’s teachings.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Botticelli, Cranach, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt — lots of Renaissance and Baroque artists painted different elements of the antique narrative.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2022
It was “The Annunciation to Joachim” by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, the piece in the Herzog collection most beloved by her mother.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2020
But in the 16th century, both Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder, following Jerome’s lead, famously depicted Adam and Eve beside unambiguous apples.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018
In the old cathedral of Naumbourg is a fine Cranach picture of St. Elizabeth, with the Wartbourg above her head and the Marbourg church at her feet.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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